FSS, Department of Behavioural Sciences

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

FSS - Department of Behavioural Sciences

WOMEN AND WORK IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY LEVEL II SEMESTER II SOCI 2025 • GEND 2025 3 CREDITS PRE-REqUISITE: NONE

This course introduces students to the study of women, work and social change in developing countries, focusing on women workers in labour-intensive manufacturing jobs, issues related to women’s work in the Caribbean in relation to the changing global trade environment, and the situation of migrant workers and women engaged in other formal and informal sectors of the global economy.

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT WITH REFERENCE TO CARIBBEAN SOCIETY LEVEL III SEMESTER I SOCI 3039 • GEND 3039 3 CREDITS PRE-REqUISITE: NONE

Prior Gender course or Development course is recommended. This course examines the emergence of the field of women and gender and development since its emergence in the 1970s, its agenda and theoretical and policy debates. The feminist critique of ‘development’ is examined as well as the social, political and economic aspects of gender relations and how they interface with processes of development. The course also provides an introduction to tools for gender analysis which are used for planning and to influence policy decisions.

SEx, GENDER AND SOCIETY: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES LEVEL III SEMESTER II SOCI 3031 • GEND 3031• SY37G 3 CREDITS PRE-REqUISITES: NONE

The course critically examines the sociological tradition and feminism. It reviews the biological, anthropological and social psychological approaches to the origins of sex differences and analyses the changes in the sexual division of labour in human history. The course attempts to examine the significance of sex, gender and sexuality in controlling and ordering society.

GENDER, ETHNICITY AND CLASS: ISSUES OF IDENTITY, NATION AND CITIzENSHIP LEVEL III SEMESTER II SOCI 3038 • GEND 3038 3 CREDITS PRE-REqUISITES: NONE

This course seeks to raise the level of discourse on ‘race’ and ethnic relations in our societies and establish the centrality of gender to issues of ‘race’, ethnicity and culture. At the end of this course the student should be more familiar with the historical background to contemporary relations and have a better understanding of the ways in which women and men are differently located within the discourse on race and class in the region. It is hoped that this course will contribute to a more informed approach to inter-ethnic and gender relations in the region. This course is intended for senior undergraduates and should be open to students from a range of faculties. Some knowledge of sociology would be an asset.

SOCIAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION III LEVEL III SEMESTER II SOCI 3020 3 CREDITS PRE-REqUISITE: SY13E (INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY I) AND SY13F (INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY II) OR SW17A AND SW17B

Sub-theme: Social Planning This course is designed to empower social development workers to actively improve policy and planning skills. Course content covers social planning practice and current trends as gender planning, community care, sustainable development; and technical skills such as the preparation of appraisals and evaluations.